Jozsef Schweidel

Jozsef Schweidel (18 May 1796-6 October 1849) was a Honved general of Hungary during the Hungarian War of Independence and one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.

Biography
Jozsef Schweidel was born on 18 May 1796 in Zombor, Austrian Empire (Sombor, Serbia), and he served in the Hussars in the Battle of Paris in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. Schweidel later defected to Hungary during the Hungarian War of Independence, leading the defense of Pest before surrendering and being executed as one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.